Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.C.1.2.2

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
Questions/activities that grow in complexity
Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

8th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content

E08.C.1.2.2 E08.C.1.2.2

Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

Activities

Identify the topic of a written informative/explanatory text.
Identify evidence used to support a topic in a written informative/explanatory text.

Explain a strategy to determine the credibility of various sources used to develop the topic in informative/explanatory writing.
Classify evidence used in a written informative/explanatory text as relevant.

Construct and explain evidence to support the topic in an original informative/explanatory written text.
Evaluate the evidence used to support the topic in an original informative/explanatory written text.

Answer Key/Rubric

Student identifies the topic of a written informative/explanatory text. Citing direct text evidence from a specific informative/explanatory text, the student states the topic of the text. The topic correctly identifies what the writer is explaining to the reader of the text.
Student identifies evidence used to support a topic in a written informative/explanatory text. Examples of evidence include, but are not limited to, definitions, facts, statistical data, and quotations.
Student explains a strategy to determine the credibility of various sources used to develop the topic in informative/explanatory writing. A credible source includes information that is believable and trusted. Credible sources include, but not limited to, current, relevant, and recognized sources. The student considers when the source was published or created to determine if the information is current. Credible sources are related and relevant to the topic they are being used to support. Additionally, credible sources are recognizable. The student considers the source’s author, the author’s credentials, and the author’s point of view or position. The student also considers the publication and the reputation of the publication to determine if a source is credible.
Student classifies evidence used in a written informative/explanatory text as relevant. Relevant evidence directly relates to the topic being explored by the writer. The student identifies illogical and irrelevant evidence as detracting from the topic and the writer’s overall position.
Student constructs and explains evidence to support the topic in an original informative/explanatory written text. The reasons and evidence relate directly to the topic being explained by the student. Additionally, the reasons and evidence used by the student are from credible sources.
Student evaluates the evidence used to support the topic in an original informative/explanatory written text. The student determines whether or not the reasons and evidence effectively support the topic being explained. Effective reasons and evidence directly related to the topic being explained by the writer and are from credible sources.